This is an interesting steam-punk trilogy. The main character, Irene, is a librarian sent on a mission to acquire a rare manuscript while also training an apprentice, Kai.
77. Lightless by C.A. Higgins
This is the first book of a trilogy. There are several themes, one of which is about surveillance. While this is a completed story it fits into a trilogy but I'm not sure what the overall story is going to be. There is definitely going to be some aftermath of choices...
78. Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton
Despite the fact that Monterey is one of my most favorite places in the world, I wasn't going to read this book. I had some vague notion that it was about John Steinbeck, but my husband convinced me to give it a chance. It's fairer to say it's about Ed Ricketts and the creation of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. But of course any book about Ed Ricketts has to have John Steinbeck in it. It's an odd book and often left me feel unsettled, but Lidsay Hatton does a great job of transporting me back to Monterey.
79. Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
This is a pretty easy and engaging read about some very important historical events in our culture. I definitely enjoyed reading it, even though there are some pretty grim realities in the book. I started this book during the Banned Books week, and I was struck by a quote I heard. "Books the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." I don't know if anyone calls this book immoral, but it definitely shows us events we should be ashamed of. Events that we should strive to never repeat, though I fear we might.
80. Supernova by C.A. Higgins
When the library sent me this one, I was jazzed to dive back into this world. I, however, was not excited to spend all the time in the rebellion. The rebellion wasn't that interesting to me, even though I thought she made some really interesting points. I really was interested in Ivan, and he's barely in the story. The examination of the AI character was interesting but grim.
By the way- 80 books this year! Wow!! I didn't know I read that much. I would say I don't read much if asked... So that's interesting.
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